Homesteading - Checking up on our crops

Greetings!!!

Over the past years we have been cultivating different kinds of crops, some of them include; yam, cassava, groundnut, maize, rice and soybeans. A lot of these crops when you cultivate them, its very important you do regular checkups on them. Crops like the yam, groundnut and cassava they need to regularly checked up on. The reason is, some insects attack the leaves of the cassava, the yam and even the groundnut so if proper care is not taken, you will end up with little crop yield.

So it is because of these I choose to do regular checking up on our crops. First off I start with the cassava farm. We cultivated them some time back. It’s a shame I couldn’t share the entire process with you. Maybe next time.

The leaves of the cassava farm looked in good shape. You can mostly tell if your crop is doing well by the color of the leaves. If it’s deep green, it’s a sign that your crop is doing well and getting the right nourishment. However, if it’s pale green it’s also a sign that the crop isn’t getting the right nourishment and you need to do something about it.

As you can see, the leaves are deep green which is a good sign. Another thing we need to look out for is the height of the cassava. Cassava plant is normally tall, so if you see some that aren’t tall, depending on the seedlings you used, you can tell if you need to add fertilizers or try to kill the parasites preventing it’s growth.

From my observations from the farm, everything seems to be in a great shape. The only thing that might seem to be an issue is weeds have started growing from under the stalk which needs to be taken care of. But it’s not big deal because there are several ways we can curb this problem.

My next stop was the groundnut farm, this was just planted very recent so there wouldn’t be much to inspect. But I still need to see if the broadcasting was done very well. In situations where you are dealing with a vast land where planting the crops one after the other seem to be taking forever, you can simply broadcast the seedlings.

This type of planting doesn’t guarantee the crops will be planted where you want them to be. The will be some instances where some part of the land will not get any seedlings. Or some part may be crowded. So sometimes we use our hands to remove the crowed side to free up space for air and water movement.

The groundnut germinated really nicely. Almost every part of the land has been covered with groundnut. Looks like we really nailed it with the broadcasting. And they seem to be growing really and fast well.

Well that’s all for now, I try my possible best to keep you guys updated should anything turn up. What do you think about the crops, do you have any? I would love to hear about them in the comment section thank you.